Every Last Fear pulls you in from the beginning with its first line (They found the bodies on a Tuesday) and keeps you guessing until the very end! This novel is one of those that has everything I love about thrillers: short chapters that keep you saying “Just one more!”, with multiple points of view over two timelines: Before and after the deaths of the Pine family. The multiple POV and timeline jumps do not cause any confusion and the story keeps moving and intensifies as you continue reading. It also keeps pulling out the punches with twists that I did not see coming! I did not know what was going to happen next! When I got to about 60 pages left I really did not see how we were going to have a complete ending, but then Finlay did it and wrapped everything up! Bravo!!
The entire Pine family has already gone through enough trauma in their lives with son Danny being convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, but there was also a documentary filmed that has people doubting Danny’s guilt, which even includes the president’s daughter, who is ‘Team Danny’. We do get to read bit parts of the documentary throughout the novel as one of the points of view.
I was 1000% invested in this novel. This is the debut novel of Alex Finlay, though this name is a pseudonym. I am sure eventually we will find out who Finlay actually is, but until then I will look forward to reading more from this author! If Finlay keeps writing novels like Every Last Fear then I think I have found a new author for me!
Many thanks to the publisher Minotaur Books for granting me a copy via Bookish First to read and review!
The entire Pine family has already gone through enough trauma in their lives with son Danny being convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, but there was also a documentary filmed that has people doubting Danny’s guilt, which even includes the president’s daughter, who is ‘Team Danny’. We do get to read bit parts of the documentary throughout the novel as one of the points of view.
I was 1000% invested in this novel. This is the debut novel of Alex Finlay, though this name is a pseudonym. I am sure eventually we will find out who Finlay actually is, but until then I will look forward to reading more from this author! If Finlay keeps writing novels like Every Last Fear then I think I have found a new author for me!
Many thanks to the publisher Minotaur Books for granting me a copy via Bookish First to read and review!